UX Design Intern

Awardco is reimagining the workplace to be more rewarding, supportive, and fun for everyone. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the employee experience industry, our mission is to help employees love what they do, love where they work, and get recognized for their efforts—especially our own employees! And as winners of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, Best in Brightest in the Nation, and Great Place to Work, we do much more than talk the talk.

Our Product team is rapidly growing and we're excited to bring on talented interns to make a direct contribution! The vision of this role is to enable millions of people around the world to be recognized for the good work they are doing for their company. You will go deep into the needs of our core users and support them on their end-to-end experience with Awardco. 

This internship has a target start date in April or May 2026 with an anticipated end date in August or September 2026 with the potential to extend. This is a full-time summer internship. 

*We currently have multiple product/engineer internships open at the moment. Please only apply to the internship that aligns most with where you want to pursue your career.*

What you will do:

• Apply user-centered design principles to improve the workflow, expand the functionality, and enhance the visual appeal of websites and mobile apps
• Gather requirements from users and stakeholders, define information architecture, create sample user personas, and documents user workflow
• Designs wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
• Perform user research, usability testing, or facilitate focus groups
• Apply the results from user research and usability testing to create new features and improve current features
• Work in close collaboration with UX mentor, product manager, and tech lead
• Take full ownership of a UX project for the duration of the internship

What you will bring:

• Enrolled in a relevant bachelor’s degree program or within 1 year of completed program/relevant bootcamp certification
• Familiarity with various design software packages is preferred (Figma, Pendo, and Framer)
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Strong communication and collaboration in a team environment
• Accountable and ready to take ownership over assigned tasks/projects

Starting pay:

• $20-$25/hr

Why Awardco?

• We have a revolutionary, client-approved product.
• One of the fastest growing companies in the nation: 3x Inc. 500, 2x Deloitte Technology Fast 500, 2x Mountain West Capital Network Fast 100, 3x Fast 50 (Utah Business), and 3x UV50 Fastest Growing Companies (BusinessQ), to name just a few.
• Great Place to Work certified, ranked in Inc. Best Workplaces, one of the Best and Brightest companies to work for, and ranked on the Salt Lake Tribune's Top Workplaces.
• Backed by renowned investors, both local and national.